CVE-2026-93261
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: locking/lockdep: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __lock_set_class() register_lock_class() can return NULL when the lock class pool is exhausted, graph_lock() fails, or key validation fails. However, __lock_set_class() uses the return value directly in pointer arithmetic without a NULL check: class = register_lock_class(lock, subclass, 0); hlock->class_idx = class - lock_classes; If class is NULL, this computes a wild offset that corrupts hlock->class_idx. The subsequent reacquire_held_locks() call will invoke hlock_class() with this corrupted index, leading to a NULL or out-of-bounds pointer dereference. Add the missing NULL check, consistent with how __lock_acquire() already handles this case at the same call site.
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59a5c7dd331a3dab48100e1ef8e9bb4f9132a2b2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c3bff6cf26e6a54fbf8b893a879c32824d2d50d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7577e00b9ab506202b9f1a33de3cc8cc6413a4db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9be10f49dfc2e4b472b3a5f346483b67374774b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2113dcd8238bf00ce37a34e67b29cf31d32a545